NICOSIA | Lefkosia | Divided Capital of Cyprus | Никосия | Разделённая столица Кипра

Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia, is the last divided capital in the world. It is a historical city with walled old town and gorgeous landmarks, but brutally split in two with a border zone, a wall that symbolizes the crisis that still today keeps the two sides of Cyprus apart. One half of the capital belongs to the Republic of Cyprus, another to the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. To build a picture of the complex and jammed situation, let’s take a short look to the history of the islan